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Mine #3: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Fleetwood Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Steve Findley
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406854

MSHA record for Mine #3 (mine ID 4406854). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Jul 1997
Ownership history
  1. Ambrose Branch Coal Company Inc 1996 to 1996
  2. Fleetwood Energy Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #3 sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

July 14, 1997 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Fleetwood Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

MINE IS TEMP ABADONDED. (CAN'T READ NEXT FEW WORDS) FOUND ROOF FALL LAST TIE X-CUTS STARTED 20' INTO 3RT TO #5 ENTRY APPRXO 90'X18'X6'H. NO EQUIP INVOLVED WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

May 7, 1997 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fleetwood Energy Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING A ROCK LODGED IN COAL HOPPER WHERE COAL DUMPS IN STACKING TIRE. WHEN ROCK BROKE HE LOST HIS BALANCE FELL FORWARD ADN HIT HIS LEFT SIDE ON A STEEL BAR IN STACING TUBE.